1. 1 Tennessee State University Special Collections Presents An Olympic Tradition

2. 2 Introduction  Special emphasis on the TSU Olympic tradition  Achievements of TSU athletes

3. 3 Coach Edward S. Temple Temple served as Head Women’s Track Coach for forty-four years at TSU, Nashville, Tennessee and Associate Professor of Sociology

4. 4 Lucinda Williams Adams 1955-1960 (Rome, 1960-gold medal)

5. 5 Chandra Cheeseborough 1975-1978 Los Angeles, 1984-two gold medals, silver medal)

6. 6 Edith McGuire Duvall Edith McGuire, Wyomia Tyus and Coach Ed Temple 1961-1965 (Tokyo, 1964-gold medal, two silver medals)

7. 7 Isabelle Daniels Isabelle Daniels 1955-1959 (Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal)

8. 8 Kathy McMillian 1976-1980 (Montreal, 1976-silver medal)

9. 9 Madeline Manning Mims 1968-1972 (Mexico City, 1968-gold medal; Munich, 1972-silver medal)

10. 10 Martha Hudson Pennyman 1957-1961 (Rome, 1960-gold medal)

11. 11 Wilma Rudolph 1958-1962 (Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal; Rome, 1960-three gold medals)

12. 12 Wilma Rudolph Wilma Rudolph President John F. Kennedy, Wilma Rudolph, Blanche Rudolph, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Bobby Logan & Coach Temple

13. 13 Barbara Jones Slater 1957-1961 (Helsinki, 1952- gold medal; Rome, 1960- gold medal)

14. 14 Mae Faggs Starr 1952-1956 (Helsinki, 1952- gold medal; Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal)

15. 15 Wyomia Tyus 1963-1968 (Tokyo, 1964- two gold medals, silver medal; Mexico City, 1968- two gold medals)

16. 16 Willye B. White 1956-1959 (Melbourne, 1956- silver medal)

17. 17 Margaret Matthews Wilburn 1955-1959 (Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal)

18. 18 Ralph Boston 1958-1961 (Rome, 1960-gold medal; Tokyo, 1964-silver medal; Mexico City, 1968-bronze medal)

19. 19 Go for the Gold Sharon E. Hull, Head of Special Collections http://www.tnstate.edu/library/special.html